High-peak-power passively Q-switched Nd:YAG laser at 946∈nm

Y. P. Huang; Kuan-Wei Su; A. Li; Yung-Fu Chen; Kai-Feng Huang

doi:10.1007/s00340-008-2975-9

High-peak-power passively Q-switched Nd:YAG laser at 946∈nm

Y. P. Huang, Kuan-Wei Su, A. Li, Yung-Fu Chen, Kai-Feng Huang

Department of Electrophysics

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We demonstrate a high-peak-power quasi-continuous-wave diode-pumped passive Q-switched Nd:YAG laser at 946 nm. We make a thorough comparison of the output performance between the saturable absorbers of InGaAs quantum wells (QWs) and a Cr⁴⁺:YAG crystal. Experimental results reveal that the saturable absorber of InGaAs QWs is superior to the Cr⁴⁺:YAG crystal because of the low nonsaturable losses and leads to a pulse energy of 330 μJ with a peak power greater than 11 kW.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	429-432
Number of pages	4
Journal	Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics
Volume	91
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-008-2975-9
State	Published - 1 Jun 2008

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